I communicate the mission and offerings of brands through visual direction and content creation. I believe good design focuses on intention and subtext, and that aligned explicit and implicit messaging contribute to experience and brand recall.

I love working with teams that share my commitment to detail and purpose. I’ve managed my own team, and been led by and learned from creative directors and founders. I’m most energized in moments of fruition, and love bringing ideas to life.

Skills

Design

Typography
Layout
Brand + event identity
Data visualization
Color theory

Content

Copy + SEO
Interviewing + storytelling
Proofing + editing
Content planning
Photography

Personal

Process development
Content organization
Collaboration
Design + copy critique
Project management

Interaction

UI graphics
User flows
Concept sketches
Wireframing
Video editing

Tools

Illustrator
Lightroom
Photoshop
InDesign
Premiere Pro
XD
Microsoft Suite
G-Suites
WordPress, Squarespace
Figma
Canon, Panasonic, Sony camera systems

Case Studies

UI Web Design

Crafting a solution for transforming an outdated brand identity and web interface that broadened the opportunity for nation-wide expansion and increases target market and user experience.

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Branding

Developing the brand identity of an offering within a multi-market company offering in-person and digital interaction. Social media content and videos, print material, and web interface organization that contribute to a broader marketing initiative.

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Annual Report

Turning low-quality imagery and high amounts of data into an organized 85-page report for a non-profit. Designed for nation-wide print distribution and digital reading (with sections, references linked).

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Project Launch

Print and digital identity launch for a non-profit focusing on PFML across the country. I helped Panorama Global publish a website with a simple, image-forward identity and two annual reports — all within a very, very quick timeline.

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Experience


BOULDERING PROJECT, senior design manager (previously design manager, graphic designer)

RK DESIGN LLC, visual designer + editor

FONTE COFFEE ROASTER, brand manager

WOMEN’S LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE, managing editor (previously editorial coordinator)

THE IMAGINATION FACTORY, front-end web designer + content producer

Education


SCHOOL OF VISUAL CONCEPTS, typography + design

UNI OF PITTSBURGH, certificate, diversity + inclusion in the workplace

BELLEVUE COLLEGE, post-bacc courses in sociocultural anthropology

INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, BS in journalism + international studies

Let’s create
something together.